Baishanzu National Park is recognized as one of China's 35 priority zones for biodiversity conservation and represents the last "gene bank" for the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests in East China.

While trekking along its mountain trails, Evan Kail — a US cultural blogger and generous donor of a WWII photo album to China — spotted the elusive Chinese muntjac and the Baishanzu fir, known as "the giant panda of the plant world".